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'''Logo:''' On a black background, a white drawing of a lion zooms in before stopping, taking up a good portion of the screen. The lion is drawn in an ugly "ornate" style with its tounge sticking out, a collar-like mane, and rather "fluffy" appearance. Its also holding a specter in its front right (or left, depending on how you see it) paw, with 2 wing-like attachments at the top and emitting lightning bolts off of it. From the bottom of the specter, the text "A '''BBC''' TV PRODUCTION" zooms in and settles below the lion, with "BBC" in a larger, "3D"-styled font. A few seconds later, it "flips" around to reveal "Distributed By" in a small print, as well as "'''LIONHEART''' TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL, INC." in a larger print. "LIONHEART" is also presented in a similar "ornate" style.

*A still version exists where the logo's colored in orange.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A Moog synthesizer tune that starts with what sounds like a "winning" sound effect on a slot machine or a video game, which is followed by a fanfare.  

'''Availability:''' Extinct. Usually replaced with the 2nd logo. It may or may not appear on the original VHS of ''The Home Whovian''. It did appear on some episodes of the ''Blackadder'' series when last seen on New York's WLIW 21 in the 2000s.

===2nd Logo (1987-1991)===

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'''Logo:''' Against a black screen, many white dots "dissolve" upwards and form a {{color|red}} and white lion's head. The words "LIONHEART TELEVISION - THE BBC IN AMERICA" appear from the bottom of the screen while a {{color|red}} and white stripe is "drawn" under the lion's head. There is a "V" shaped bend in the stripe at the part below the head.

'''Variant:''' Some shows had a copyright date below the logo. Sometimes, the animation would begin superimposed over a scene from the preceding program.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None, or the end music of the show.

'''Availability:''' Can still be seen at the end of ''Are You Being Served?'' episodes when seen in certain markets (WLIW 21 in New York and East Tennessee PBS in Knoxville, for instance). Also at the end of some ''Fawlty Towers'' reruns. The version with the superimposition and the copyright date was seen at the end of the short-lived U.S. adaptation of ''Top of the Pops'', which aired briefly Friday late-nights on CBS in the 1987-88 season.

===3rd Logo (1991-1995)===

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'''Logo:''' The 1985-1991 [[BBC One|BBC1]] "COW" globe is seen spinning around while parallelograms with the letters "BBC" drop over the globe. Under the "BBC", three {{color|red}} lines and the words "LIONHEART TELEVISION" appear with "A BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION COMPANY" in small letters underneath.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A synthesized fanfare that sounds vaguely like the one in the 1st logo.

* This was also used to replace the older Lionheart (and Time-Life) logos on reissued BBC library shows (i.e. ''Fawlty Towers'', ''Are You Being Served?'' (other/later episodes, including “The Hero”), ''Good Neighbours'', '' 'Allo, 'Allo'', ''To The Manor Born'').

* This also appeared on some of the [[CBS/Fox Video|CBS/FOX]]-distributed [[BBC Video]] tapes (''Blackadder's Christmas Carol''; ''Shada'').

==BBC America==

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'''Logo:''' Same as the 1992 BBC Video logo, except the words "'''''WORLDWIDE AMERICAS'''''" appear under the BBC box logo.

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'''Logo:''' We start with a closeup of the globe hot-air balloon seen on BBC One's UK idents from 1997 to 2002. Then, in a very quick flash, a box appears against a {{color|blue}} background. It contains footage of the same balloon over a river and to the right of a riverside building. Under the picture are the words "'''BBC''' (in the Box logo) AMERICA presents", and the "BBC AMERICA" part expands as the logo fades out.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A light piano tune that ends in a heavily reverberated note with the "flash". The tune itself is taken from one of the BBC One idents from between 1997 and 2002.

* It can still appear on programs such as ''Keeping Up Appearances'', ''Fawlty Towers,'' ''Waiting for God'', ''As Time Goes By'' (up to series 8), ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (up to series 21) and ''Are You Being Served?'', if your station has older prints.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A techno tune with a female soloist in the background.

'''Availability:''' Less common than the previous logo, but it still appears on older prints of ''As Time Goes By'' (Series 9), ''To The Manor Born,'' ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (from Series 22 to Series 27; Series 28 and Series 29 don't have any logo at all) and the ''Are You Being Served?'' episode "Do You Take This Man?".

===4th Logo (June 1, 2005-November 19, 2018)===

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'''Logo:''' On a dark cloudy background, we see the 1997 BBC logo along with the text "WORLDWIDE AMERICA" (with "WORLDWIDE" on top of "AMERICA") emerging from the clouds.

'''Variant:''' There is a variant with the print logo on a white background.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A whoosh.

'''Availability:''' Seen at the beginning (and sometimes end) of ''Dancing with the Stars''. The print logo appears on BBC-licensed games, like ''Dancing With the Stars: We Dance!'' for Nintendo DS.

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